§ Resolution reported,
§ That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session relating to finance, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of moneys provided by Parliament of any expenses of the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance, or any other Government Department, incurred for the purposes of provisions of that Act relating to the payment of surcharges by employers, including any increase in the sums payable by the said Minister out of such moneys under section nineteen of the Post Office Act, 1961, and to authorise the payment out of the Consolidated Fund—
§ (a) of such sum (not exceeding two hundred thousand pounds) for the redemption of the Ottoman Guaranteed Loan of 1855 as
242§ may be required to make up any deficiency in the assets available for that purpose in the 1855 Ottoman Guaranteed Loan Investment Account of the National Debt Commissioners;
§ (b) of the expenses of the Treasury in connection with the redemption of the Loan;
§ (c) of any increase in the money which may become so payable by virtue of any provision of the said Act applying to the Loan the provisions of section five of the Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Act, 1955 (which relates to unclaimed moneys in respect of Government stock).
§ Resolution read a Second time.
§ Motion made, and Question put, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution:—
§ The House divided: Ayes 299, Noes 197.
243| Division No. 144. | AYES | 3.50 p.m. |
| Agnew, Sir Peter | Bourne-Arton, A. | Cole, Norman |
| Aitken, W. T. | Box, Donald | Collard, Richard |
| Allan, Robert (Paddington, S.) | Boyd-Carpenter, Rt. Hon. John | Cooper, A. E. |
| Allason, James | Boyle, Sir Edward | Cooper-Key, Sir Neill |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Julian (Preston, N.) | Braine, Bernard | Cordeaux, Lt.-Col. J. K. |
| Arbuthnot, John | Brewis, John | Cordle, John |
| Ashton, Sir Hubert | Bromley-Davenport, Lt.-Col. Sir Walter | Corfield, F. V. |
| Atkins, Humphrey | Brooke, Rt. Hon. Henry | Costain, A. P. |
| Balniel, Lord | Brooman-White, R. | Coulson, J. M. |
| Barber, Anthony | Browne, Percy (Torrington) | Craddock, Sir Beresford |
| Barlow, Sir John | Bryan, Paul | Critchley, Julian |
| Barter, John | Buck, Antony | Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. |
| Batsford, Brian | Bullard, Denys | Crowder, F. P. |
| Beamish, Col. Sir Tufton | Bullus, Wing Commander Eric | Cunningham, Knox |
| Bell, Ronald | Burden, F. A. | Dalkeith, Earl of |
| Bennett, F. M. (Torquay) | Campbell, Sir David (Belfast, S.) | Dance, James |
| Bennett, Dr. Reginald (Gos & Fhm) | Campbell, Gordon (Moray & Nairn) | d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Sir Henry |
| Berkeley, Humphry | Carr, Compton (Barons Court) | Deedes, W. F. |
| Bevins, Rt. Hon. Reginald (Toxteth) | Carr, Robert (Mitcham) | de Ferranti, Basil |
| Bidgood, John C. | Cary, Sir Robert | Donaldson, Cmdr. C. E. M. |
| Biggs-Davison, John | Channon, H. P. G. | Drayson, G. B. |
| Bingham, R. M. | Chataway, Christopher | Duncan, Sir James |
| Birch, Rt. Hon. Nigel | Clark, Henry (Antrim, N.) | Duthie, Sir William |
| Bishop, F. P. | Clark, William (Nottingham, S.) | Eccles, Rt. Hon. Sir David |
| Black, Sir Cyril | Clarke, Brig. Terence (Portsmth, W.) | Elliot, Capt. Walter (Carshalton) |
| Bossom, Clive | Cleaver, Leonard | Emery, Peter |
| Erroll, Rt. Hon. F. J. | Langford-Holt, J. | Proudfoot, Wilfred |
| Farey-Jones, F. W. | Leather, E. H. C. | Pym, Francis |
| Farr, John | Leavey, J. A. | Quennell, Miss J. M. |
| Finlay, Graeme | Leburn, Gilmour | Redmayne, Rt. Hon. Martin |
| Fisher, Nigel | Legge-Bourke, Sir Harry | Rees, Hugh |
| Fletcher-Cooke, Charles | Lewis, Kenneth (Rutland) | Rees-Davies, W. R. |
| Foster, John | Lilley, F. J. P. | Ridley, Hon. Nicholas |
| Fraser, Hn. Hugh (Stafford & Stone) | Linstead, Sir Hugh | Roberts, Sir Peter (Heeley) |
| Fraser, Ian (Plymouth, Sutton) | Litchfield, Capt. John | Robertson, Sir David |
| Freeth, Denzil | Lloyd, Rt. Hn. Geoffrey (Sut'nC'dfield) | Robson Brown, Sir William |
| Galbraith, Hon. T. G. D. | Lloyd, Rt. Hon. Selwyn (Wirral) | Rodgers, John (Sevenoaks) |
| Gammans, Lady | Longbottom, Charles | Roots, William |
| Gardner, Edward | Longden, Gilbert | Ropner, Col. Sir Leonard |
| George, J. C. (Pollok) | Loveys, Walter H. | Royle, Anthony (Richmond, Surrey) |
| Gibson-Watt, David | Low, Rt. Hon. Sir Toby | Seymour, Leslie |
| Glover, Sir Douglas | Lucas, Sir Jocelyn | Sharples, Richard |
| Glyn, Dr. Alan (Clapham) | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh | Shaw, M. |
| Glyn, Sir Richard (Dorset, N.) | McAdden, Stephen | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir Jocelyn |
| Goodhart, Philip | McArthur, Ian | Skeet, T. H. H. |
| Goodhew, Victor | Maclay, Rt. Hon. John | Smith, Dudley (Br'ntf'rd & Chiswick) |
| Gough, Frederick | Maclean, Sir Fitzroy(Bute&N. Ayrs.) | Smithers, Peter |
| Gower, Raymond | McLean, Neil (Inverness) | Smyth, Brig. Sir John (Norwood) |
| Grant, Rt. Hon. William | Macleod, Rt. Hn. Iain (Enfield, W.) | Soames, Rt. Hon. Christopher |
| Green, Alan | MacLeod, John (Ross & Cromarty) | Spearman, Sir Alexander |
| Gresham Cooke, R. | McMaster, Stanley R. | Speir, Rupert |
| Grimston, Sir Robert | Macmillan, Rt. Hn. Harold(Bromley) | Stanley, Hon. Richard |
| Grosvenor, Lt.-Col. R. G. | Macpherson, Niall (Dumfries) | Stevens, Geoffrey |
| Gurden, Harold | Madden, Martin | Steward, Harold (Stockport, S.) |
| Hall, John (Wycombe) | MagInnis, John E. | Storey, Sir Samuel |
| Hamilton, Michael (Wellingborough) | Manningham-Buller, Rt. Hn. Sir R. | Studholme, Sir Henry |
| Hare, Rt. Hon. John | Markham, Major Sir Frank | Summers, Sir Spencer (Aylesbury) |
| Harris, Frederic (Croydon, N. W.) | Marlowe, Anthony | Sumner, Donald (Orpington) |
| Harrison, Brian (Maldon) | Marples, Rt. Hon. Ernest | Talbot, John E. |
| Harvey, Sir Arthur Vere (Macclesf'd) | Marshall, Douglas | Tapsell, Peter |
| Harvie Anderson, Miss | Marten, Neil | Taylor, Sir Charles (Eastbourne) |
| Hastings, Stephen | Matthews, Gordon (Meriden) | Taylor, Edwin (Bolton, E.) |
| Hay, John | Maudling, Rt. Hon. Reginald | Taylor, W. J. (Bradford, N.) |
| Heald, Rt. Hon. Sir Lionel | Mawby, Ray | Teeling, William |
| Henderson, John (Cathoart) | Maxwell-Hyslop, R. J. | Temple, John M. |
| Henderson-Stewart, Sir James | Maydon, Lt.-Cmdr. S. L. C. | Thatcher, Mrs. Margaret |
| Hendry, Forbes | Mills, Stratton | Thomas, Leslie (Canterbury) |
| Hiley, Joseph | Montgomery, Fergus | Thomas, Peter (Conway) |
| Hill, Dr. Rt. Hon. Charles (Luton) | Moore, Sir Thomas (Ayr) | Thompson, Kenneth (Walton) |
| Hill, Mrs. Eveline (Wythenshawe) | More, Jasper (Ludlow) | Thorneycroft, Rt. Hon. Peter |
| Hill, J. E. B. (S. Norfolk) | Morgan, William | Thornton-Kemsley, Sir Colin |
| Hinchingbrooke, Viscount | Morrison, John | Tiley, Arthur (Bradford, W.) |
| Hirst, Geoffrey | Mott-Radclyffe, Sir Charles | Tilney, John (Wavertree) |
| Hocking, Philip N. | Nabarro, Gerald | Turner, Colin |
| Holland, Philip | Nicholls, Sir Harmar | Turton, Rt. Hon. R. H. |
| Hollingworth, John | Nicholson, Sir Godfrey | van Straubenzee, W. R. |
| Hope, Rt. Hon. Lord John | Noble, Michael | Vane, W. M. F. |
| Hopkins, Alan | Nugent, Sir Richard | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir John |
| Hornsby-Smith, Rt. Hon. Patricia | Oakshott, Sir Hendrie | Vickers, Miss Joan |
| Howard, Hon. G. R. (St. Ives) | Ormsby Gore, Rt. Hon. D. | Vosper, Rt. Hon. Dennis |
| Howard, John (Southampton, Test) | Orr, Capt. L. P. S. | Wakefield, Sir Wavell (St. M'lebone) |
| Hughes Hallett, Vice-Admiral John | Orr-Ewing, C. Ian | Walder, David |
| Hughes-Young, Michael | Osborne, Cyril (Louth) | Walker, Peter |
| Hulbert, Sir Norman | Page, John (Harrow, West) | Walker-Smith, Rt. Hon, Sir Derek |
| Hurd, Sir Anthony | Page, Graham (Crosby) | Watkinson, Rt. Hon. Harold |
| Hutchison, Michael Clark | Pannell, Norman (Kirkdale) | Watts, James |
| Iremonger, T. L. | Partridge, E. | Wells, John (Maidstone) |
| Irvine, Bryant Godman (Rye) | Pearson, Frank (Clitheroe) | Whitelaw, William |
| Jackson, John | Percival, Ian | Williams, Dudley (Exeter) |
| Jenkins, Robert (Dulwich) | Peyton, John | Williams, Paul (Sunderland, S.) |
| Jennings, J. C. | Pickthorn, Sir Kenneth | Wills, Sir Gerald (Bridgwater) |
| Johnson, Dr. Donald (Carlisle) | Pike, Miss Mervyn | Wise, A. R. |
| Johnson, Eric (Blackley) | Pilkington, Sir Richard | Wolrige-Gordon, Patrick |
| Johnson Smith, Geoffrey | Pitman, I. J. | Woodnutt, Mark |
| Jones, Rt. Hn. Aubrey (Hall Green) | Pitt, Miss Edith | Woollam, John |
| Joseph, Sir Keith | Pott, Percivall | Worsley, Marcus |
| Kaberry, Sir Donald | Powell, Rt. Hon. J. Enoch | Yates, William (The Wrekin) |
| Kerans, Cdr. J. S. | Price, David (Eastleigh) | |
| Kerr, Sir Hamilton | Price, H. A. (Lewisham, W.) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Kimball, Marcus | Prior, J. M. L. | Mr. Edward Wakefield and |
| Kitson, Timothy | Profumo, Rt. Hon. John | Colonel J. H. Harrison. |
| NOES | ||
| Abse, Leo | Baxter, William (Stirlingshire, W.) | Bowen, Roderic (Cardigan) |
| Ainsley, William | Benson, Sir George | Bowles, Frank |
| Allaun, Frank (Salford, E.) | Blackburn, F. | Boyden, James |
| Allen, Scholefield (Crewe) | Blyton, William | Braddock, Mrs. E. M. |
| Bacon, Miss Alice | Boardman, H. | Brockway, A. Fenner |
| Baird, John | Bowden, Herbert W. (Leics, S. W.) | Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. |
| Brown, Thomas (Ince) | Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) | Rankin, John |
| Butter, Mrs. Joyce (Wood Green) | Hunter, A. E. | Redhead, E, C. |
| Callaghan, James | Hynd, H. (Accrington) | Reid, William |
| Castle, Mrs. Barbara | Jay, Rt. Hon. Douglas | Rhodes, H. |
| Chapman, Donald | Jeger, George | Roberts, Albert (Normanton) |
| Chetwynd, George | Johnson, Carol (Lewisham, s.) | Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvon) |
| Collick, Percy | Jones, Rt. Hn. A. Creech(Wakefield) | Robertson, J. (Paisley) |
| Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) | Jones, Dan (Burnley) | Robinson, Kenneth (St. Pancras, N.) |
| Cronin, John | Jones, J. Idwal (Wrexham) | Ross, William |
| Crossman, R. H. S. | Jones, T. W. (Merioneth) | Shinwell, Rt. Hon. E. |
| Cullen, Mrs. Alice | Kelley, Richard | Silverman, Julius (Aston) |
| Darling, George | Kenyon, Clifford | Silverman, Sydney (Nelson) |
| Davies, G. Elfed (Rhondda, E.) | Key, Rt. Hon. C. W. | Skeffington, Arthur |
| Davies, Harold (Leek) | Lawson, George | Slater, Mrs. Harriet (Stoke, N.) |
| Davies, Ifor (Gower) | Ledger, Ron | Slater, Joseph (Sedgefield) |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | Lee, Frederick (Newton) | Small, William |
| Deer, George | Lever, Harold (Cheetham) | Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.) |
| de Freitas, Geoffrey | Lever, L. M. (Ardwick) | Snow, Julian |
| Dempsey, James | Lewis, Arthur (West Ham, N.) | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Diamond, John | Lipton, Marcus | Soskice, Rt. Hon. Sir Frank |
| Dodds, Norman | Logan, David | Spriggs, Leslie |
| Donnelly, Desmond | Loughlin, Charles | Steele, Thomas |
| Dugdale, Rt. Hon. John | McCann, John | Stonehouse, John |
| Ede, Rt. Hon. C. | MacColl, James | Stones, William |
| Edwards, Rt. Hon. Ness (Caerphilly) | McKay, John (Wallsend) | Strauss, Rt. Hn. G. R. (Vauxhall) |
| Edwards, Walter (Stepney) | MacPherson, Malcolm (Stirling) | Stross, Dr. Barnett(Stoke-on-Trent, C.) |
| Evans, Albert | Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) | Swain, Thomas |
| Finch, Harold | Manuel, A. C. | Swingler, Stephen |
| Fletcher, Eric | Mapp, Charles | Sylvester, George |
| Foot, Michael (Ebbw Vale) | Marquand, Rt. Hon, H. A. | Symonds, J. B. |
| Forman, J. C. | Marsh, Richard | Taylor, Bernard (Mansfield) |
| Fraser, Thomas (Hamilton) | Mason, Roy | Taylor, John (West Lothian) |
| Gaitskell, Rt. Hon. Hugh | Mayhew, Christopher | Thomas, Iorwerth (Rhondda, W.) |
| Galpern, Sir Myer | Mellish, R. J. | Thompson, Dr. Alan (Dunfermline) |
| George, Lady MeganLloyd(Crmrthn) | Mendelson, J. J. | Thomson, G. M. (Dundee, E.) |
| Ginsburg, David | Milne, Edward J. | Thornton, Ernest |
| Gooch, E. G. | Mitchison, G. R. | Tomney, Frank |
| Gordon Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C. | Moody, A. S. | Ungoed-Thomas, Sir Lynn |
| Gourlay, Harry | Morris, John | Wade, Donald |
| Grey, Charles | Mort, D. L. | Wainwright, Edwin |
| Griffiths, Rt. Hon. James (Llanelly) | Moyle, Arthur | Warbey, William |
| Griffiths, W. (Exchange) | Mulley, Frederick | Watkins, Tudor |
| Grimond, J. | Neal, Harold | Weitzman, David |
| Gunter, Ray | Oliver, G. H. | Wells, Percy (Faversham) |
| Hale, Leslie (Oldham, W.) | Oswald, Thomas | Wells, William (Walsall, N.) |
| Hamilton, William (West Fife) | Padley, W. E. | White, Mrs. Eirene |
| Hannan, William | Paget, R. T. | Wigg, George |
| Hart, Mrs. Judith | Panned, Charles (Leeds, W.) | Wilcock, Group Capt. C. A. B. |
| Healey, Denis | Pargiter, G. A. | Willey, Frederick |
| Herbison, Miss Margaret | Parker, John | Williams, D. J. (Neath) |
| Hewitson, Capt. M. | Parkin, B. T. | Williams, Ll. (Abertillery) |
| Hill, J. (Midlothian) | Pearson, Arthur (Pontypridd) | Williams, T. W. (Warrington) |
| Hilton, A. V. | Peart, Frederick | Williams, W. R. (Openshaw) |
| Holman, Percy | Pentland, Norman | Willis, E. G. (Edinburgh, E.) |
| Holt, Arthur | Plummer, Sir Leslie | Wilson, Rt. Hon. Harold (Huyton) |
| Houghton, Douglas | Prentice, R. E. | Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Howell, Charles A. (B'ham, Perry Bar) | Probert, Arthur | Woof, Robert |
| Howell, Denis (B'ham, Small Heath) | Proctor, W. T. | Yates, Victor (Ladywood) |
| Hoy, James H. | Pursey, Cmdr. Harry | |
| Hughes, Cledwyn (Anglesey) | Randall, Harry | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayrshire) | Mr. Short and Mr. Irving. |